ISO 14046: water footprint
Summary of the project
Sebastien Humbert
? Convener ISO/TC207/SC5/WG8 water footprint
Scientific director,
Quantis
sebastien.humbert@quantis-intl.com
+41-79-754-7566
ISO 14046:
Towards an international standard for water
footprinting
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Working meetings
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NWIP accepted in Cairo (June 2009)
The proposed International Standard will deliver
principles, requirements and guidelines
for a water footprint metric of
products, processes and organisations,
based on the guidance of
impact assessment as given in ISO 14044.
It will define how the different types of water sources (for example ground,
surface, lake, river, green, blue, gray, etc.) should be considered, how the
different types of water releases should be considered, and how the local
environmental conditions (dry areas, wet areas) should be treated.
For products, it will apply the life cycle approach and will be based on the
same product system as specified in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
At the organisation level, it will consider the guidance given by ISO 14064
for greenhouse gases.
The standard will also address the
communication issues linked to the water footprint
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NWIP accepted in Oslo (June/July 2011)
• This International Standard specifies requirements and guidelines to assess
and report the water footprints of products, processes and organizations
based on life cycle assessment (LCA).
• This Standard provides requirements and guidance for calculating a water
footprint as a stand alone assessment or as part of a more comprehensive
environmental assessment.
• This International Standard is applicable to the assessment of full and
partial water footprints.
• The water footprint is calculated as one impact indicator result or multiple
impact indicator results
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Scope within the DIS (March 2013)
ISO 14046 (DIS)
Environmental management — Water footprint — Principles,
requirements and guidelines
• This International Standard specifies principles, requirements and
guidelines related to water footprint assessment of products, processes and
organizations based on life cycle assessment (LCA).
• This International Standard provides principles, requirements and guidelines
for conducting and reporting a water footprint assessment as a stand-alone
assessment or as part of a more comprehensive environmental
assessment.
• The result of a water footprint assessment is a single value or a profile of
indicator results.
• NOTE Specific requirements and guidelines for organizations are given in Annex A.
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Planning
• Launch of the project:
– 09.Mar.2009: NWIP Circulated in ISO/TC 207/SC 5
– 09.Jun.2009: NWIP Submitted to vote
– 26.Jun.2009: Cairo: NWIP Accepted as a Preliminary Working Item (PWI)
– 25+.Sep.2009: List of P and O participants
• Working meetings
– 19-21.Nov.2009: First working meeting
• (Stockholm, Sweden)
• Title, Scope; Draft structure PWD
– 11-18.Jul.2010: Second working meeting
• (Leon, Mexico)
• Detailed sections PWD (Discussion on PWD1)
– 24-26.01.2011: Third working meeting
• (Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Finalization of draft PWD (Discussion on PWD2)
– 26.06-02.07.2011: Fourth working meeting
• (Oslo, Norway)
• Finalization of draft (Discussion on PWD3) + Submission of PWI for vote to advance it to AWI and
acceptance
• Acceptance of NWIP as WD1
– 28.11-02.12.2011: Fifth working meeting
• (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
• Discussion on WD2, Acceptance to go for CD (TBC)
– 24-30.Jun.2012: Sixth working meeting
• (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Result for CD1 vote; Discussion on CD1
• Decision to go for a CD2
– 9-12.Dec.2012: Seventh working meeting
• (Padova, Italy)
• Discussion on CD2
• Decision to go for a DIS
– 23-26.Jun.2013: Eighth working meeting
• (Gaborone, Botswana)
• Decision to go for FDIS?
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Organization
• WG 8, part of ISO / TC 207 / SC 5
– ISO 14046
• Contact:
– Proposer & Secretariat:
• SNV, Swiss Association for Standardization
• Barbara Mullis, barbara.mullis@snv.ch
• (formely Marcel Schulze)
– Convener:
• Sebastien Humbert, Quantis, Lausanne, Switzerland,
sebastien.humbert@quantis-intl.com, +41-79-754-7566
– Co-convener:
• Nydia Suppen Reynaga, Centro de analisis de cyclo de vida y
diseno sustentable, Mexico, nsuppen@centroacv.com.mx
• List P and O members
– App. 40 members
• To participate
– As a national delegation or liaison member to TC207/SC5
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Some background
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Life Cycle Assessment: multiple synthetic indicators for decision-
making
Going from inventory to risk and impacts
Emissions
generating
water pollution
Inventory of
water use
(incl. affected)
Pollution Resource
Impact Toxicity
Eutrophication Thermal pollution
(midpoint; risk Acidification
assessment)
Human health Ecosystem quality Resources
Impact
(endpoint;
damages; [DALY] [PDF-m2-y] [MJ]
area of
protection)
WATER FOOTPRINT = ALL IMPACTS ON WATER
Areas of
protection
Respiratory effects
Outputs
Photochem. oxydation
Pesticide
Chemicals Human
Ozone layer depletion
Health
Cu
Direct impacts
Ionizing radiation
CO
from pollution
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Direct impacts
Phosphate
from pollution Toxic Impacts
M Global warming
Water Ecosystem
Impacts from
Footprint Quality
lower water
Inputs Water use
availability*
Water
Direct impacts Acidification
from pollution
Direct impacts
Crude Oil Eutrophication
from pollution Resources
Iron Ore
Direct impacts
Land use
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from pollution
Biotic ressource use
And hundreds
more-
Abiotic ressouce use
QUESTIONS ?
Contact: sebastien.humbert@quantis6intl.com
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